Anne Sears, the first Alaska Native woman to work for the Alaska State Troopers, will lead the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative from the Alaska Department of Public Safety as an investigator.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anne Sears was the first Alaska Native woman to work for the Alaska State Troopers and spent over two decades in Alaskan law enforcement. On Monday, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced that Sears will lead the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative from the department offices in Anchorage.
“Over my career as an Alaska State Trooper I enjoyed my time in rural Alaska and the impact that quality law enforcement can have on Alaska’s small vibrant rural communities,” Sears said in a press release. “For too long Alaska Natives have faced high rates of violence, and I look forward to contributing to reversing those trends.”
Sears is originally from Nome and had worked all across Alaska, but will work out of Anchorage for the new position. The release said that Sears began her work as an investigator on April 4 and that the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s
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